S04E03 - Intellectual Property

No: 31 |
Season: 4
Episode: 3 |
Air Date: 7-May-17

I once saw him throw a sloth down a flight of stairs after a presentation. And, he said it was an accident, but he had this look in his eyes.

Summary

An overtired Richard pushes himself to the brink of sanity while trying to move ahead with his next big idea. Eyeing a comeback, Erlich pressures an uncooperative Jian-Yang. Monica sets a trap at Raviga to improve her standing with Laurie. Dinesh goes on a date; Big Head enters the world of academia; Gavin faces an unknown future.

Music

Notes and Trivia

When Jared mentions seeing Gavin Belson throwing a sloth down a flight of stairs, the writers may be making a veiled reference to the event where Digg co-founder Kevin Rose came to the aid of his dog by throwing a raccoon down a flight of stairs.

Not only was Peter Gregory's self-driving car (S01E06)
in his storage room, his really narrow car (S01E01)
was also there. Richard even found a container of sesame seeds, which was a plot point in
(S01E03)

The Chinese titled book Gilfoyle was reading was "Mathematical fundamentals of fuzzy information processing" by Ren Ping and Yu Dong. (Google Books)

Note that Big Head's "Double Big Gulp" now features a "Slurpee" top.

Although Chris Diamantopoulos (Russ Hanneman) is credited for this episode he did not appear.

Goofs

In the scene where Jack Barker and Gavin Belson are walking across the "Hooli" campus you can see a "University Student Union" sign on the building in the background. Later in the episode, when Hoover walks Gavin to his car the "University Student Union" sign is not present.

In the scene where Richard and Monica were chatting in the supermarket, the external shot of the supermarket showed no cars parked outside, however the supermarket was quite busy inside.

Locations

The establishing shot for the restaurant where Erlich and Jian Yang met up with Ed Chen was shot at the Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, 1304 Lincoln Ave, Alameda, CA. (Google) The interior scene was shot at Damon's Steak House (Google) at 317 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA.

The exterior shot of the supermarket where Monica and Richard chatted was taken at Trag's Market, 303 Baldwin Ave, San Mateo, CA. (Google) The interior scene was shot elsewhere.

The outdoor shots at "Hooli" were taken at the Cal State Los Angeles campus, 5154 State University Drive, Los Angeles CA, in front of the Student Union Building.

The scene where Big Head goes to class at Stanford was filmed at the California Institute of Technology in Noyes 153 (Sturdivant Lecture Hall). (Photos)

The establishing shot of the restaurant exterior for the scene where Dinesh and Mia are on a date was taken at Local Union 271, 271 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA. (Google) The interior scene was shot elsewhere.